How to write “Jose” in Korean
호세 ho-se
What Korean friends call you
- 호세야 ho-se-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 호세 씨 ho-se-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work
Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.
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Korean spellings of Jose
- 호세 5 (100%)
Korean labels of 5 people named Jose on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Korean news (Daum, October 2026) writes Jose Canseco 호세; Jose Trevino 호세; Jose Feliciano 호세.
Well-known people named Jose, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Jose Pablo Cantillo — 호세 파블로 칸틸로
- Jose Kaimlett — 호세 카임렛
- Jose de Venecia — 호세 데 베네시아 주니어
- Jose Roberto Alves — 호세 로베르토 알베스
511,334 babies were named Jose in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 67th most common name.
Block by block
- 호 = ㅎ + ㅗ · 5 strokes
- 세 = ㅅ + ㅔ · 5 strokes
Also in 세: Sebastian 세바스찬 · Seth 세스 · Sadie 세이디
호세 takes 10 strokes in all.
More names: Jessica 제시카 · Thomas 토머스 · Caleb 케일럽 · Cameron 캐머런 · Alyssa 얼리사
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